MAIT, the apex body representing India’s IT hardware, training and designs & manufacturing in a memorandum to the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has stressed upon the need for a stable policy regime and growth-oriented measures to boost IT hardware industry in the country.

MAIT President, Dr.Alok Bharadwaj commented: “With lower-than-expected consumption of IT products in the Financial Year 2011-12 owing to the Thailand flood and Rupee devaluation, we are now hoping for a long-term growth-oriented & investment friendly policies to provide much needed drivers.” (more…)

e-HealthPoint Services India Pvt Ltd, received the prestigious Genpact NASSCOM Social Innovation Honours Award for 2012 for their innovative Business Model in the category “ICT led Social Innovation by a ‘For Profit’ Organization, from Mr Kapil Sibal, India’s Union Minister for Information Technology , Human Resources Development and Telecom in a glittering ceremony attended by more than 1000 + Top IT executives drawn from across the globe at the 20th NASSCOM Leadership Forum.

The award is in recognition of e-HealthPoint’s pioneering work in providing a unique, innovative multi-service delivery platform model that effectively leverages technology in the Health, Water & ICT domains, thereby contributing to improved Health and wellbeing for low income communities. e-HealthPoint was adjudged as winner from amongst more than 1000 entries via a three stage selection process spanning about four months. Over the two years of its existence e-HealthPoint has provided more than 30,000 consultations, 15,000 diagnostics, 35,000 prescriptions and access to safe drinking water for more than 5,00,000 rural inhabitants. More than 60 percent of these clients are women and children. (more…)

The new center will provide dedicated support and services to its growing Italian customer base

MetricStream, the market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, has announced the establishment of a new center in Milan to serve the company’s European customers more effectively, and meet the increasing demand for integrated GRC solutions.

Said Claudio Cecchini, the Head of MetricStream’s Italian operations, “We are delighted to extend our operations to Italy after extensive success across key European markets. We see significant opportunities for growth in Italy, and look forward to deepening our relationships with local customers, and responding faster to their requirements.” (more…)

- e.go Aero Ultra is a part of the e.go Aero range of ultraportable notebooks.

Wipro Infotech, the India, Middle East and Africa, IT Business unit of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services announced the launch of the e.go aero range of ultraportable notebooks which includes e.go Aero Ultra, which is India’s slimmest&first 14” Ultrabook

From 11.6” ultra-light notebook to the slimmest 14” Ultrabook, the e.go Aero is a comprehensive range of mobile computing devices to suit every need. The range comprises of e.go Aero Alpha, e.go Aero Book and e.go Aero Ultra. (more…)

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.”

- Once quoted by Albert Einstein And this is exactly what Gyaanexchange.com aims to do!

Gyaanexchange.com an online community that brings together motivated learners and talented teachers. It invites anybody with a skill, knowledge or idea to teach and anyone with a desire to learn about anything.

Gyaanexchange.com is essentially a platform that endeavors to fill critical skill gaps. It aims to fill the skill gap by helping people find learning opportunities on everything from Excel, Power Point and Public-speaking, to learning experiences that can help people pursue their interests such as music, dance, photography, cooking and fitness. (more…)

Ozone Media, the pioneer of ad-networks in India, announces the appointment of Chetana Anagol as Vice President – Operations and Delivery. Chetana will play a vital role in the expansion strategy of Ozone Media across geographies and be instrumental in achieving revenue and business growth in global markets. Prior to this, Chetana was with AOL.

With a deep understanding of the ecosystem that connects Advertisers with Publishers in the Digital Media industry, Chetana will provide strategic leadership and direction to the backbone of the delivery. She will oversee Publisher Management, Ad-operations, Campaign Management, Business Intelligence and Sales Planning functions.
“Operational excellence is one of our key business priorities and we are thrilled to have a person of Chetana’s calibre leading this area of work. She brings significant industry experience, critical insights with a proven track record in the internet industry,” said Kiran Gopinath, Founder and CEO, Ozone Media. (more…)

Inorbit Malls, pioneers in mall culture in India introduces a new Roller Skating initiative as a part of its community building program ‘AIKYA’. Designed to engage with children and young people, the initiative teaches participants how to skate, whilst being active and having fun. Under the supervision of trained professionals, a variety of free learn to skate sessions will be scheduled every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday from 5:30 am – 8:00 am throughout the year except monsoon season. Inorbit Malls has collaborated with Future Sports Club for the initiative.

This activity is a part of ‘AIKYA’ – a community building initiative of Inorbit Malls. This community program provides a unique platform to the families living within the vicinity of the mall, as well as the city at large. (more…)

MunduTV, Geodesic’s live mobile TV platform is now available on the Windows Phone 7 platform. MunduTV seamlessly streams on the Mango OS running on WP 7 platform. Industry analysts have predicted that 43 million Windows Phone handsets will be shipped from Nokia and HTC during the year, and this will add to the opportunities for MunduTV in the Windows marketplace.

As a pioneering solution in TV for mobile devices, Mundu TV has already gained popularity among smartphone owners. MunduTV had more than 5 million downloads on the Nokia OVI store in just 11 months and is promoted at Nokia Priority Stores as a Top 10 Ovi Store application. (more…)

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, today announcedthe launch of RC 24 and RC 46 — all new limited period offers specifically designed to give prepaid mobile customers in Kerala maximum value for their money. With call rates as low as 10p/min (local Airtel-to-Airtel) and 30p/min (local non-Airtel calls), these new packs by Airtel are currently the most lucrative and best-value-for-money day & night offers currently available in the market. (more…)